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- proper noun   A taxonomic family within thesuperfamily Chrysomeloidea.
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								Larvae of the family Chrysomelidae obtain their oxygen by piercing the tissues of aquatic plants and drawing out oxygen stored within. Insecta (Aquatic) 2008 
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								In the denser thickets I would capture the small metal-blue butterflies (Amblypodia) sitting on the leaves, as well as some rare and beautiful leaf-beetles of the families Hispidae and Chrysomelidae. 
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								(Nodonota irazuensis and Nodonota cat parvula, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Chapter 4 1990 
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								Leaf-beetles (Chrysomelidae) some larvae feed openly on the foliage of trees or herbs, while others burrow into the plant tissues. 
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								Of beetles we have undoubted Curculionidae from the Lias and Trias; Chrysomelidae in the same deposits; Cerambycidae in the Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868 
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								In the denser thickets I would capture the small metal-blue butterflies (Amblypodia) sitting on the leaves, as well as some rare and beautiful leaf-beetles of the families Hispidae and Chrysomelidae. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868 
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								Among these, there were only two of the Carabidae, four Brachelytra, fifteen Rhyncophora, and fourteen of the Chrysomelidae. The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845 
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								The carrion-feeders and Brachelytra are very uncommon; on the other hand, the Rhyncophora and Chrysomelidae, all of which depend on the vegetable world for subsistence, are present in astonishing numbers. The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845 
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								Mikhailov YE (2001) Significance of color polymorphism in mountain populations of abundant leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Marcus K. Drotz et al. 2010 
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								Phratora vulgatissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): plant quality or natural enemies? PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Dalin et al. 2009 
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